Bank Markazi v. Peterson

Decided April 20, 2016. Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 14-770 · 578 U.S. 212 (2016) · Cited 152 times

Holding

Section 8772 does not violate the separation of powers.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• United States v. Klein · 80 U.S. 128 (1872)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Dames & Moore v. Regan · 453 U.S. 654 (1981)
• Robertson v. Seattle Audubon Society · 503 U.S. 429 (1992)
• Pope v. United States · 323 U.S. 1 (1944)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Verlinden B. v. v. Central Bank of Nigeria · 461 U.S. 480 (1983)
• Ex Parte Republic of Peru · 318 U.S. 578 (1943)
• American Ins. Assn. v. Garamendi · 539 U.S. 396 (2003)
• Stern v. Marshall · 564 U.S. 462 (2011)
• Chicago & Southern Air Lines, Inc. v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 333 U.S. 103 (1948)
• Village of Willowbrook v. Olech · 528 U.S. 562 (2000)
• City of New Orleans v. Dukes · 427 U.S. 297 (1976)
• Immigration & Naturalization Service v. Chadha · 462 U.S. 919 (1983)
• Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer · 343 U.S. 579 (1952)
• Regional Rail Reorganization Act Cases · 419 U.S. 102 (1974)
• Nixon v. Administrator of General Services · 433 U.S. 425 (1977)
• United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. · 200 U.S. 321 (1906)
• MacKey v. Lanier Collection Agency & Service, Inc. · 486 U.S. 825 (1988)
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Schor · 478 U.S. 833 (1986)
• Morrison v. Olson · 487 U.S. 654 (1988)
• Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649 (1944)
• United States v. Lovett · 328 U.S. 303 (1946)
• First National City Bank v. Banco Para El Comercio Exterior De Cuba · 462 U.S. 611 (1983)
• Miller v. French · 530 U.S. 327 (2000)
• Medellin v. Texas · 552 U.S. 491 (2008)
• Republic of Austria v. Altmann · 541 U.S. 677 (2004)
• United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians · 448 U.S. 371 (1980)
• Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority v. Citizens for the Abatement of Aircraft Noise, Inc. · 501 U.S. 252 (1991)
• Republic of Mexico v. Hoffman · 324 U.S. 30 (1945)

Cited by

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• Kisor v. Wilkie · 588 U.S. 558 (2019)
• Fuld v. Palestine Liberation Organization · 606 U.S. 1 (2025)

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